Courageous (The Lost Fleet, Book 3)
by Jack Campbell
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Author: Jack CampbellEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-12-18
ISBN: 0441015670
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Ace
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- ISBN13: 9780441015672
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Courageous (The Lost Fleet, Book 3)
Book Review: Continuing the Escape
Summary: 5 Stars
Courageous (2008) is the third naval SF novel in the Lost Fleet series, following Fearless. The initial work in this sequence is Dauntless.
In the previous volume, thirty-nine ships left the fleet in Strabo and jumped elsewhere. Thirteen surviving ships were retrieved in Ilion. Falco had slipped into insanity. Geary promoted Cresida to Captain. Rione became Geary's lover for a few weeks.
In this novel, Jack Geary is the designated acting commander of the fleet survivors. He is the most senior captain within the Alliance due to his century long stasis is an escape pod. Unfortunately, he is also trapped within his own legend.
Tanya Desjani is an Alliance Captain, commanding the Dauntless. She is Geary's Flag Captain. She is younger than Geary expects of a battle cruiser commander, but the attrition rate in the Alliance navy has resulted in young ship captains.
Victoria Rione is the Co-president of the Callas Republic and a member of the Alliance Senate. She is the only civilian within the fleet.
Roberto Duellos is an Alliance Captain, commanding the battlecruiser Courageous. He is an advisor to Geary.
Tyrosian is an Alliance Captain, commanding the fast fleet auxiliary Witch. She was promoted to commander of the fleet auxiliary division after Geary transferred Captain Gundel to other duties.
Tulev is an Alliance Captain, commanding the battlecruiser Leviathan. He is an advisor to Geary.
Jaylen Cresida is an Alliance Captain, commanding the battlecruiser Furious. She is an advisor to Geary.
Badaya is an Alliance Captain, commanding the battlecruiser Illustrious.
Casia is an Alliance Captain, commanding the battleship Conqueror. His ship in the Third Battleship Division, formerly commanded by Numos.
Gaes is an Alliance Commander, commanding the heavy cruiser Lorica.
Jin is an Alliance Commander, commanding the battleship Orion. She replaced Numos.
Carabali is an Alliance Colonel. She is the senior officer among the remaining Marines of the fleet.
Numos is an Alliance Captain, formerly commanding the battleship Orion and the Third Battleship Division. Now he is under arrest and awaiting a courtmartial back in Alliance space.
Faresa is an Alliance Captain, formerly commanding the battleship Majestic within the Third Battleship Division. Now she is under arrest and awaiting a courtmartial.
In this story, the fleet exits the jump point in the Baldur system. Everything looks good except for some critical shortages in the fleet auxiliaries. They need to replenish trace elements used to manufacture fuel cells and other expendables. Geary is somewhat peeved at Tyrosian for the problem, but she still seems the best choice to head the fleet auxiliaries.
Geary is worried about Syndic sabotage of stockpiles, so he plans a quick raid on some mining ventures. He puts Colonel in charge of planning the raid. Then he sets up a conference to brief his ship commanders.
Numos and Faresa are under arrest and cannot attend, but Jin and Casia voice similar objections. Duellos, Tulev, and Desjani counter their arguments. Even Commander Gaes speaks in favor of the fleet commander.
The fleet cruises past various Syndic installations, taking out crucial facilities with hell-lance fire. When they near the mining facility, the ships launch shuttles loaded with Marines to secure the site. Then the engineers go down to supervise the loading of the minerals on their shuttles.
After retrieving the shuttles, Geary has another conference of his ship commanders. Badaya mentions the effects of destroying the hypernet gate at Sancere and wonders if it such effects could be used against the Syndics. Cressida, Tulev and Duellos provide several reasons why that would be a bad idea.
Geary then announces a change in route. Casia complains again and Geary's supporters counter his objections. After the meeting is over, Duellos stays behind to discuss plans. Geary finally learns why the battleship commanders are not as bright as battlecruiser skippers.
This tale takes the fleet to Sendai, a system containing not much more than a black hole. The singularity has devoured most of its system. It gives the Alliance crews the creeps.
The fleet is eager to jump to Daiquon. The next installment in this series is Valiant.
Highly recommended for Campbell fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of naval strategy, fleet battles, and living legends. Read and enjoy!
-Arthur W. Jordin
Summary of Courageous (The Lost Fleet, Book 3)
The Lost Fleet continues its perilous journey home.
Badly damaged and low on supplies, the Alliance Fleet is raiding Syndic mines for raw materials-and Captain "Black Jack" Geary hopes they can continue to remain one step ahead of their enemies. But the Syndics are the least of Geary's worries when he learns of the existence of aliens with the power to annihilate the human race.
Badly damaged and low on supplies, the Alliance Fleet is raiding Syndic mines for raw materials-and Captain "Black Jack" Geary hopes they can continue to remain one step ahead of their enemies. But the Syndics are the least of Geary's worries when he learns of the existence of aliens with the power to annihilate the human race.
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